Horseshoe and pad.



No. 646,2I3.

Patented Mar. 27, |900. M. HALLANAN.

HORSESHOE AND PAD.

(Application tiled June 21, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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PATENT MICHAEL HALLANAN, or New YORK, N. Y.

HORSESHOE AND PAD.

SPECIFICATION 'forming part of Letters Patent No. 646,213, dated Marcha?, 1900. Application fled 1,Tune 21, 1898. Serial No. 684,041. (Nomodel.)

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Be it known that I, MICHAEL I-IALLANAN, of the city of NewYork, boroughof Manhattan, inthe county and State of New York, have invent-ed a newand Improved Horseshoe and Pad, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description. l

The object of my invention is to provide an improved shoe for horses andthe like as a substitute for metallic shoes and which among otheradvantageous features will possess the tmer-it'that it may be trimmed tofit different- =sized l1oofs, will have thennecessary wearing qualities,and will prevent jar on the feet.

In carrying out my invention I provide a built-up leather shoe, and Ipreferably combine it with a. rubber pad and a back plate of leather orequivalent material, all as hereinafter particularly described, anddefined in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indi- 'catecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a face view of a combined shoe and pad embodying myinvention, part of the shoe being broken away. Fig. 2 is a side viewthereof. Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal section taken on the line 3 3of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 represents a cross-section on the irregular line 4 4of Fig. 1; and Fig. 5 is va View 'similar to Fig. 3, but showing aslight modiication.

yThe back plate A, of leather or other suit- 'able material, is shapedto conform in general to the outline of a horses hoof, and on this plateI form a shoe B, of leather, which ordinarily will be built up ofseveral layers, as shown, all sewed together and to the back plate A byrows of stitching ct. By thus sewing the layers forming the shoe B tothe back plate, which is done when the leather is wet, the greaterthickness at the edge will in shrinking give the back plate a concaveform without previous shaping. The concave form gives strength andmaintains the plate away from the natural frog, soas not to bear on thelatter, this action of the plate being especially desirable with feethaving navicular disease or tender from other cause.

The shoe built up as described is preferably combined with a rubber padwhich in the inrabbeted lateral extensions c at the heel, and the bead or ridge C', which extends around the inside of the shoe B. 'Ihis pad initself is not claimed in the present application, as it forms thesubject of `Patent No. 549,511, granted to me November 12, 1895. In thepresentinvention, however, I overlap the rear ends h of one or morelayersof the shoe B onto the rabbeted extensions c and unite theseoverlapped portions by the rows of stitching a. The pad C is also unitedto the back plate by rows of stitching d, and the stitching iscontinued, as at e, through the overlapping ends h and aroundthe shoe B.This construction gives a foot-covering which will be almost noiseless,possess wearingl qualities equal to or vgreater than metallic shoesfandrelieve the feet of all jar. Further, the leather back plate and shoemay readily be trimmed down to iit different-sized hoofs, and thereby afewer number of standard sizes need be made up for the market.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a pad in which the layers of leather in the shoeB are so proportioned and shaped as to present an approximately-flatface when the shoe is in its shrunk or finished shape, while in theother figures -the shoe follows somewhat the form of the back plate. InFig. 5 one of the layers b of the shoe is wedge-shaped as one means ofaccomplishing the stated object.

If desired, toe-clips f on a plate F may be provided and secured in anysuitable manner, as indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 1, 2, and 3. n

Having thus described my invention, I claim as ner and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A foot-covering for horses and the like,comprising a leather shoe on the tread side, and a concaved back platelocated on the hoof side and covering entirely the space between themembers of the shoe.

2. A foot-covering for horses and the like,

stance shown comprises the frog C, having comprising a shoe formed ofleather, a pad I itted in the space between the members of the shoe onthe tread side thereof, the pad and shoe having overlapped portionswhich are sewed together.

4. A foot-covering for horses and the like, comprising a back plate, aleather shoe seWed to the back plate, and a pad seweclto the back plateand having portions which are overlapped by the shoe and sewed to theflatter.

5. A foot-covering for horses and the like,

comprising a. back plate of leather, a rubbery pad having rabbetedlateral extensions, and a leather shoe sewed to the back plate, the shoefurther overlapping the rabbeted extensions of the pad and being sewedthereto.

MICHAEL HALLANAN.

Witnesses:

EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL, J. L. MCAULIFFE

